Car construction.



UNITED srArRs PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS McFARLAN BRINOKERHOFF, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIe oR or ONE-THIRD ronUen HAZELTON AND, ONE-THIRD TO LEWIS B. STILL- WELL, or NEW YORK, N. r

CAR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed December lfl. 1906. $erial No. 347,824.

To (Z7 whom, it puny concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BRINOKERHOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3 WVest Eighth street, New York, N. Y., have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car Qonstruction, ofwhich the following, is a full,

clear, and exact description, such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomakeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- forrning part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view showinga platform .end sill constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through said sill, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the platform end sill. v

This invention relates to passenger-cars,

" and has for its object to provide a novel form of platform end sill which is so con- .structed that it provides'for the support of a radial draw-bar without the usual sector-bar construction. Other desirable features of my constructionwill be hereinafter pointed out.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1 designates a continuous plate, which extends 'from side sill to side sill and forms the web of theplatform end sill. Angles 2 and 3, ar-' ranged with their horizontal legs projecting inwardly, are connected to the upper and lower edges'of said. plate and are connected to the side sills 4 by brackets 5, said platebeing bowed slightly, as shown in Fig. 1, and also having portions ofitslower edge sheared ofi adjacent the side sills, so that it will be of lelsls depth at the side sills than at the center s1 s.

Secured to the inner side of the web-plate MGFARLAN Extending transversely from side sill to side sill is a plate 9, that is fastened'to the horizontal leg of the upper angle 2. I

' The horizontal leg ofthe angle '3 is quite long, so that it extends inwardly for some distance to form a track or support on which the arm 10- on the carrier 11' for the radial draw-bar 12'rests, thereby permittin' said carrier to travel from side to side, an thus dispensing with the usual sector-bar construction.

.- Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. In a car construction, the combination of a bowed platform end sill having an in'-.

wardly-extending flange, a radial draw-bar.

and an arm rigidly connected to said bar and ada ted to travel on said flangeto' support sai .bar; "substantially as described' 2. In a car construction, side sills, a bowed web-plate having angles connected to the upper and lower edges thereof, means for connecting said angles and plate to the side sills, center sills, and a transversely-extending member connected to saidweb-plate and supporting the ends of the center sills; substantially as described.

3. In a car construction, side sills, a bowed web-plate having angles connected to the upper and lower edges thereof, means for connecting said angles and plate to the side sills, center sills. and a transversely-extend ing member connected to said web-plate and supporting the ends of the center sills, vertical stiffening devices connected to the web-' plate and to said transversely-extending member, and a'plate extending from side sill to side sill and connected to the upper angle on said web-plate; substantially as described.

- In testimony signature, in the presence of two witnesses,

- this 3d day of December, 1906.

FRANCIS MQFARLAN Brimcrrmmrr'.

Witnesses:

W. EVERITT BUNDLE, T'HOMAS GREGORY.

whereof I hereunto aflix my" 

